Milk-can-cover lock and seal.



F. A. ARIENS.

MILK CAN COVER LOOK AND SEAL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, 1913.

Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

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FRANK A. ARIENS, 0F DENISON, IOWA.

MILK-CAN-COVER LOCK AND SEAL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK A. ARIENs, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Denison, in the county of Crawford and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Milk-Can-Cover Lock and Seal, of which the following is a specification.

My object is to provide simple and inexpensive means in connection with a receptacle and cover therefor for firmly securing the cover in closed position on the receptacle, said means being particularly adaptable for use in connection with milk cans, and so arranged that a slight turn of the cover on the can will operate to secure said cover in closed position.

A further object is to provide in connec tion with a device of this class a simple and durable means for locking the cover in closed position on the receptacle, said locking means being arranged to receive a seal of conventional form.

My invention consists in certain details, in the construction, combination and arrangement of the various parts of the device whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a plan view of the cover fitted to a milk can and having applied thereto my improved securing and locking means. Fig. 2 shows a similar view of a modified form of my device. Fig. 3 shows a vertical central, sectional view of the device shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 1 shows a vertical, central, section of the device shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 shows a vertical, central, sectional view taken at right angles to that of Fig. 3, and illustrating the locking means employed in my device.

In the drawing I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate a milk can of conventional form, and 11, a cover fitted in place thereon. My improved securing means comprises lugs 12, arranged at opposite points on the flanged top of the milk can, and rigidly secured thereto. In the modified form shown in Figs. 2 and 1 the lugs 12 are provided with downwardly extending hooks 13 at their ends. The cover 11 is provided with concentric slots 14, arranged thereon in position to co-act with the lugs Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 31, 1913.

Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

Serial No. 758,062.

12. Each of the slots 14 is provided with a downwardly extending portion 15 to permit the inwardly projecting lugs to enter the slots when the cover is in position on the can flush against the flanged top thereof. For locking the cover in closed position on the can I provide corresponding openings 15 in the cover and flanged top of the can, said openings being so positioned that they will register when the cover is secured in position on the can. Adjacent to the opening 15 on the cover is a spring metal locking arm 16 having its end, 16, bent at substantially right angles to enter the registered openings 15 in said can and cover. The end 16 is provided at its outer end with a small opening to receive a sealing device 17.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the cover withoutthe locking arm 16 attached thereto, and in this case the said cover may be locked in its closed position by fitting the sealing device 17 into the registered openings 13*.

In the operation of my device with the lugs in position on the flanged top of the can and projecting inwardly, as shown, the cover 11 is placed on the can in such position that said lugs will pass through the downwardly extending portions 15 of the slots and thus permit the cover to be moved downwardly to position flush against the flanged top of the can. Then by turning the cover in the proper direction on said can the lugs 12 enter the concentric portions of the slots 1 1 and thereby hold the cover securely in closed position. With the cover in this position the openingsl5 will register and the locking arm 16 may be inserted therein, and the seal attached to its projecting end.

In smaller cans where my device is employed the handle of the cover may, obviously, be used for carrying the can about as the cover will always be held firmly in position when on the can.

It is to be understood that many minor changes in the details of construction of my device may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim as my invention:

The combination of a milk can havinga contracted neck and an upwardly, outwardly flaring wall above said neck, provided wit-h an opening, with a cover having a cylindrical portion and an upwardly outwardly flaring wall above it provided with an open- I the lugs are in said extensions, said openings ing, lugs extending inwardly from said first register with each other. 10 wall, formed with downwardly extending Des Moines, 1a., March 18, 1913.

hooks at their inner ends, the wall of said cover being formed with slots designed to FRANK ARIENS' receive said lugs, said slots having lateral Witnesses:

extensions at their upper ends, said slots E. B. STEPHENS,

and openings being so arranged that when E. M. HUGG.

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